Suez Crisis

The Suez Crisis was the invasion of Egypt by Israel, the United Kingdom and France to regain control over the Suez Canal and remove then Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who nationalized the Suez Canal Company and Egypt's oil industry.

Before 1956, the Suez Company owned the Suez Canal, a private corporation mostly owned by British and French investors. In 1956, Egyptian President Nasser nationalized the Canal. In other words, he took it away from the Suez Company and put the Egyptian government in control. Israel, the United Kingdom, and France invaded Egypt.

 References 

 Sources 

 Bromberger, Merry and Serge Secrets of Suez Sidgwick & Jackson London 1957 (translated from French Les Secrets de l'Expedition d'Egypte by James Cameron)
 Doran, Michael. Ike's Gamble, Free Press. Oct.2016.
 Pearson, Jonathan. (2002) Sir Anthony Eden and the Suez Crisis: Reluctant Gamble (Springer, 2002). online

 Shlaim, Avi. "The Protocol of Sevres, 1956: Anatomy of a War Plot." International Affairs 73#3 1997, pp. 509–530. online.
 Smith, Simon C. ed. Reassessing Suez 1956: New perspectives on the crisis and its aftermath (Routledge, 2016).
 Troen, S. Ilan. "The Protocol of Sèvres: British/French/Israeli Collusion Against Egypt, 1956." Israel Studies 1.2 (1996): 122-139 online.



 Other websites 

 Israel's Second War of Independence, essay in Azure magazine.
 A Man, A Plan and A Canal  by Arthur L. Herman
 Sinai Campaign 1956
 Canada and the Suez Crisis
 July 2006, BBC, Suez 50 years on
 Suez and the high tide of Arab nationalism International Socialism 112 (2006)
 Detailed report on the Suez campaign by Ground Forces Chief of Staff General Beaufre, French Defense Ministry archive (French)
 Bodleian Library Suez Crisis Fiftieth anniversary exhibition 
 Suez index at Britains-smallwars.com – accounts by British servicemen who were present
 26 July speech by Gamal Abdel Nasser (French translation)
 Speech by Gamal Abdel Nasser  (Original text in Arabic)

 Newsreel film, British Prime Minister's broadcast  at Britishpathe.com
 Blue Vanguard (1957), National Film Board of Canada film for the United Nations about its role in restoring peace after the Suez Crisis (60 min, Ian MacNeill, dir.)

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